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four people stand in front of a research poster. One holds a bowl containing pieces of cacti.

This cactus-based material could help improve rainwater harvesting for communities across rural Mexico

Students in Professor Karl Peterson’s lab examine concrete samples from the Gordie Howe International Bridge. Left to right: Wisdom Okoh, Katia Ossetchkina, Professor Karl Peterson and Amy Montgomery. (photo by Phill Snel)

This team of CivMin researchers is studying the Gordie Howe International Bridge — down to the microscopic level

Alex Kurk (MechE 2T6), left, is the 2026 winner of the Troost ILead Difference Maker Award. Sanjay Malaviya, right, is the donor for this award. Malaviya holds one of the 3D-printed interfaces designed by Kurk to help people with low vision navigate software user interfaces. (photo by Tyler Irving)

Solutions for people with low vision helped Alex Kurk earn the 2026 Troost ILead Difference Maker Award

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‘If we in academia don’t go after the hardest challenges, nobody else will’: U of T researcher aims to do it all

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U of T Engineering professor Nicolas Papernot (ECE) also holds a Canada CIFAR AI Chair at the Vector Institute, and is a faculty affiliate at the Schwartz Reisman Institute. (photo by Matthew Tierney)

Professor Nicolas Papernot wins the 2025 Steacie Prize

January 6, 2026

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Breaking the Ice: New study on triboelectric nanogenerators could help avoid costly flight delays

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Rahul Goel stands next to a rocket at NordSpace's facility.

Company founded by U of T Engineering’s Rahul Goel prepares for Canada’s first-ever commercial rocket launch 

December 17, 2025

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